Conclusion

There's a lot of things that separate the hardcore lifter from the gym bros. Spending hours in the gym every day making noise and throwing weights around to get noticed is for the fakers.

Go to the gym, smash the weights, and get out. Know exactly why you are doing every exercise and stick to the basic fundamentals of building muscle if you want to be a serious lifter.

While most of these are funny, they are things I've watched many of my elite lifter friends exhibit. Between the 500-800+ pound bench pressers who lean into a wall to put on deodorant to watching powerlifters glob superglue into their ripped callouses, these guys are the 1%ers.

If you want to make progress in the gym, train with a purpose, spend time improving your craft, and be a savage.